Driven by rapid economic development and growing electricity demand, NOx emissions (E) from the power sector in India have increased dramatically since the mid-1990s. In this study, we present the NOx emissions from Indian public thermal power plants for the period 1996–2010 using a unit-based methodology and compare the emission estimates with the satellite observations of NO2 tropospheric vertical column densities (TVCDs) from four spaceborne instruments: GOME, SCIAMACHY, OMI, and GOME-2. Results show that NOx emissions from Indian power plants increased by at least 70% during 1996–2010.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/article-increase-nox-emissions-indian-thermal-power-plants-during-1996%E2%80%932010-unit
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/zifeng-lu
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-g-streets
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/environmental-science-technology
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oxides-nitrogen-nox
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere